Jean Lacroix (1789 - 1855)

Born 2 Dec 1789 in Saint-Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Mainville — married 17 Oct 1815 in La Présentation, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

Descendants

Died 28 Jan 1855 at age 65 in St-Césaire, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Jean was born in 1789. He was the son of Jean Lacroix and Marie Anne Fradet. He married Marie Mainville, widow of Pierre Sanschagrin, in 1815.^[1] He passed away in 1855.^[2]

The baptismal record in Saint-Charles gives François as the eldest child of Jean Joseph Lacroix and Marie Anne Fradet. The couple never had a child simply named Jean or yet Jean Baptiste. Since they later had a Jean François (known as François) and the year of birth aligns with a later census record, we assume that the record dated 1789 is Jean's.

Jean is believed to have fought with the British forces in the War of 1812. A Jean Lacroix served in the Canadian Voltigeurs.^[3] The Land Petitions of Lower Canada name a Private Jean La Croix who received a land certificate for 100 acres in the Township of Ely (Range 6, Lot 18); the certificate was dated August 25, 1823.^[4] A notarized transaction dated January 20, 1835 identify this Jean Lacroix, the proprietor of a plot of 100 acres in Ely Township, as a resident of Saint-Césaire.^[5] The Jean Lacroix of this profile and his wife baptized their last known child in Saint-Césaire in 1835 and we are not aware of any other Jean Lacroix residing in that parish at the time. Pending further documentation, it appears this Jean Lacroix did in fact see service in the War of 1812 (in the "bataillons de milice incorporée" according to the 1835 land transaction).

Children:

• Marie Louise (1816-1860) married André Touchette in 1834.
• Jean Baptiste/John (b. 1818) married Marie Anne Lavallée ca. 1844.
• Joseph (1820-1900) married Domithilde/Matilda Lavallée ca. 1841.
• Edouard (1823-1897) married Zoé Royer in 1844.
• François (1825-1848) died unmarried.
• Paul Michel/Mitchel (1827-1901), believed to have married Onésime Bessette.
• Antoine (b. 1830) married Angélique Dubé in 1852.
• Lucie (1832-1907) married Edouard Mercure/Marcher in 1849.
• Emilie (b. 1835) married Calixte Cadran in 1856.

Sources

Nosorigines

Web Page (Link to the Record) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899Q-39XG-1 Where The Record Is Found (Citation) Québec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979 La Présentation, La Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1806-1831 FamilySearch microfilm roll number 1294674, Images 334 & 335 of 748 Describe The Record (Notes) Image of the original La Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge parish register handwritten in French shows the marriage of Jean Lacroix and Marie Mainville in the bottom right portion of the image, marked in the register as entry M 20. The entry is dated 17 October 1815 in French text. The bride is shown as the widow of Pierre Sanschagrin. The parents are shown for the groom.

1. ↑ La Présentation de Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada, 1815, Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, Ancestry.com.
2. ↑ Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada, 1855, Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, Ancestry.com.
3. ↑ Two Lists of Several Militia Claimants: One Composed of Artillery Drivers, the Other of Canadian Voltigeurs with Proof of Service by Them Produced, Vol. 2, item 1332, Adjutant-General's Office, Lower Canada fonds, List of veterans claiming land grants, Reference: RG9 IA4, Search: War of 1812, Library and Archives Canada.
4. ↑ Township of Ely, Land Petitions of Lower Canada, 1764-1841, Vol. 85, item 47710, reel C-2526, Reference: RG 1 L3L, Library and Archives Canada.
5. ↑ Lacroix-Bouthillier, Contrat A.-A. Papineau, no. 82, January 1, 1835, Archives de notaires, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.